Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-08
GENERAL NEWS.



SEATTLE, April 2.-The steamer
Merico is reported to be total wreck
While returning from Nanaimo, B. c.
on Thursday night, at II O'Clock, sht
ran on Il rock of a belt or chain O
.reefs, thirty-fve miles south of Ma
naimo, in Plumper's pass. At low
tide her bow only is to be seen. The
captain thinks she can be raised. HI
and some of the officers remain at the
scene Of the wreck. No lives were
lost. The crew was taken to Victoria
Twenty-three coal trimmers from the
vessel arrived in this city tonight. Al
the time of the accident the vessel wa.
in command of Captain Dan Morri
son, an experienced British Columbis
pilot The Mexico was built in 1881
at San Francisco, for the Mexican
trade and has been running severa
years now in the Pacific Coast Steam
ship COmpany's employ. They pay
5000 per day for her use. She is val
ued at 100000 and is well insured
A good list of passengers were waiting
to go to California on her. Instruc
tiOns have been sent for from San
Francisco.
The steamship MericO, which plies
between San Francisco and Puget
Sound ports in the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's line, is an iron
propeller, and a comparatively new
vessel. She was commanded by Cap
tain Huntington, who has charge o.
her, it is said, since she was first built
The steamer sailed from Tacoma or
Tuesday evening last for Nanaimo, tt
coal, and was on her return trip to Sc
attle when the accident occurred.
A Sc aling steamer Goes Down With al
on Board.
ST.. JOHNS, N. F., March 31.-A re
port has reached here of the total lost
of the sealing vessel Eagle, with crew
of 25O men, on the shoals near Funk
Island, off Bonavista bay. No par
ticulars of the disaster are yet at hand
Debris consisting of the deck-ladders
forecastle-deck and cooking gear will
the name of the steamer on it have
been found on the ice. The supposi
ton is that the steamers boiler ex
ploded
The reported loss of the steamer
Eagle is confirmed by the discovery o
wreckage off Bonavista bay. The
crew numbered $50 men and there i.
nothing to show that any were saved
The steamer was lost on the shoal,
near Funk Island, off Bonavista Bay
The inhabitants are looking for the
bodies of those who perished. Most O
the lost seamen lived in.and about St
Johns and the excitement and grie
here is intense. The Eagle was large
sealing steamer, commanded by Cap
tain Jockman and owned by tn,
Messrs. Bowing Brothers.
Barning OF . Hotel.
MONTEREY, April 2.-The Hotel De
Monte was discovered to be on fire
about ii O'Clock last night. Every
thing was consumed except very lit
tie furniture. Guests are all scattered
around the grounds having saved moth
ing but what they had on their persons,
1t is thought that no lives are lost. 1,
is not known how the fire originated
Three hundred or more guests who
escaped, some with only their nigh
clothes, are huddled together on thu
grounds shivering with cold. Flame.
destroyed both buildings. Most of thu
guests are Eastern people. They will
probably put up at some of the loca
hotels-wherever they can be accom-
modated. Some lost every thing
They will probably have to subsist OF
what they can borrow until they re
ceive remittances from home. TIL,
belief that the fire was the work of ar
incendiary can hardly be set aside il
view of all the facts reported to the Pa
cific Improvement Company. The
fire was discovered under the base
ment of the battery room. The alarm
was given at once and the gas cut of
from the main tanks. The buildin,
had water pipes all through and ar
ranged in such manner that in cast
OF fire the building could be flooded
from top to bottom. No sooner Wa,
the fire discovered when the water wa,
turned upon it, but all efforts to save
the building were in vain. The alarm
Was given in town as soon as the fire
was discovered. Ten minutes late
the Monterey fire department had two
streams of water en- the building.
SAN Francisco, April 2.-From in
formation received early this mornin,
it is learned that about 200 guests will
leave on the first morning train for Sar
Francisco.
Charles F. Crocker Vice Preside NJ
Southern Pacific company Was seen a
his residence early this morning. H,
stated the hotel cost $3.50 900 and wa,
not insured. 1t will probably be re.
built as it had proved very profitabl,
investment.
Civil Service Troubles.
CHICAGO, April.-A special from
Washi- .gton says: Close observer,
OF departmental affairs here are salts
fed there is something wrong in thu